by Jeffrey FriedlSat, March 12th, 201111:11amJST(8 years, 6 months ago)

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As I mentioned yesterday, we're not affected here in
Kyoto by the big quakes yesterday, but of course it's big news. There
are lots of amazing photos out there... I've found the location for a few
so that you can see the “before” images on Google Maps...

And if you've seen the video from the helicopter that I mentioned yesterday, of the tsunami's relentless march over the rural villages and farmland,
approaching a road with traffic, you'll have noticed the truck stopped on the edge of a bridge with a man on top watching events unfold. The location of the man and his truck is here, from which then you can see the whole area affected.

UPDATE: Google now has some post-tsunami imagery overlays for Google Earth, here and here.